# Morelia Film Festival Prizes: ‘Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building,’ an ‘Expression of Pure, Unbound Beauty,’ Wins Top ‘Ojo’ Award

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- Published: 2026-10-24T12:52:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T13:09:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/global/morelia-film-festival-prizes-pink-and-blue-building-1236929888/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- “Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building” won Morelia’s top Ojo award.
- The film also received the fiction audience award.
- Morelia’s next edition will celebrate its 25th anniversary.

## Summary

Bruno Santamaría Razo’s debut feature, “Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building”, won the top Ojo award at the 24th Morelia Film Festival. The coming-of-age drama draws on the director’s childhood and was praised by the international jury for turning painful memories into beauty; it also won the fiction audience award.

The film was the first Mexican feature in 20 years to compete in Cannes Critics’ Week. Other prizes went to “The Garden We Dreamed”, which received a special mention and best cinematography, and “Everything Else Is Noise”, whose director Nicolas Pereda and actor Teresa Sánchez won awards. The festival said its next edition will move to the week before the Day of the Dead and mark its 25th anniversary.

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